Improved animal trap



NAPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WAQNINGT lv D C gemaaid.'

,lliiell getting giuliana s" ANGLE; *or H AZEL GREEN, MICHIGAN.

Letters .Patent No. 104,684, dated June 28, 187 0.

IMPRovED VANIMAL TRAP.

.lfhe Schedule referred. to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same. J y- 4Toall 'whom it may con-cem:- 1 v i" l Beit known Uthat1I, CHARLES" ANGLE, of :Ha-zel Green, .Shiawassee county, lllichigan,`have invented In thedrawingf l 'Figure 1 isfa generalview of myinvention `in per-` l spectiveywith only two arms, 'A and A.

Egnre 2'is a topfjview of `the movable 4collar C, showing 'the slotsinto which 4fitted the braces To enable otherswhu are skilled in thebrauchof mechanics t0.` which the manufacturejof myiuventionbelongsltomakethe same; I will 'proceed to describe its construction. l,.1"` l lInl'g." `1j, Y@represents a collar immovabl y attached to thelower end of the cylindrical tube T.

' The collar Chis*constructed`in` precisely the same shape and formasthe collar C shown 'in` 6g. 2, and

provided with slots, as shown `in fig. 2 by-zV x.

AA` are arms provided with projections liitting in' to the slots intheeollarC, and turning upon the pivots aand u .v

B is an armor braee,one`endof which ts'into a slot in the collar C, andturns upon a pivot, e, and the other end' ittinglintoa slot nprovided inthe arm A, and turning upon the pivott.

B is a braceor arm iitting into the collar` and-arm A', turning upon`thepivots f/and e. .S is a rod, `provided with the hook H and immovablecollar Thiscollarmay beso constructed as'to be adjusted upon the rodlS`in any place desired. i

` TherodSisintendedtoslide upward through'tlie 'collar G into'the tubeT, when the trap is being operated/` n' R is a ring attached to thetopof the tube T, for

convenience in'using the trap,l y i The arms A A are bentcutwardly,.as`showu in the figure by b` b', andag'airi bent' `inwardlyand provided `with sharppointaasshown in thegure by p p'.

R' is afheavy metallic ring, which lrests upon the jupper ends of lthearms when the arms are raised or opened, and slides down upon the armswhen they are down or closed. Y

. In my invention Ifdeem four arms the requisite f number, but a greateror lessel` number may be used if v desired, and the arms may be eachprovided with one or Imorel points, ii' it is desirable in any-case todo so'.

In using myinventionthe trap is attached, byfmeans of the ring It, tosome suitable object, in'sueh. aamawr ner that the trap will hang -frceand clear from the ground. VThe bait is attached tothe hook'H, arid thecollar-Gis then pressed upward, the braces B aud'B raising the armsA andA. until the collar() and the f inner ends of the braces B B are atrifle higher than theouter ends of these braces. The rod S being nowpressed upfiuto the `cylindrical tube T, the collar a rests against -thecollar C', and the collar C against the collar a. The armsl A and A', bytheir weight,

vnow hold the collar C in the position described, and `the trap is set.

downward upon the hook H, and the collar C, being he animal, seeking thebait, pulls `drawn below a horizontal line drawn from tto t', the armsquickly descend, the hooked points clasping the neck ofthe animal,` andVthe vring R', at the same time v sliding down upon the arms, holdsthemfirmly upon the victim until the ring is removed by thetrapper. .Thecollar C or the ring It may be `forced downward by means of a spring, ifdesired, but in ordinary traps I deemthe device above describedeheaper,-simpler, and .equally effective. Having thusdescribed myinvention, y That I claim to have invented, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is Y i' 1,. The combination of the arms A-A, collars Cand C', braces B and B', collar a, cylindrical tube T, and rod S,provided with the hook H, all constructed and arranged to operateas'hercin described, and for the purpose specified. 2. In combinationwith the above, the ring R', for the purpose specified.

In witness'that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed mynameithis 19th dayv of May, 1870.

Witnesses; r CHARLES ANGLE.

' CHARLES O. LAPHAM, n l

SAMUEL SHUsTEN, PETER HENDRIGK, THOMAS UARMODY.

